Genealogy Projects tagged with Literature on the Geni Family Tree

Novelists
This is a universal project for profiles of Novelists on GENi
A novelist is a person who writes novels
A novel is a book length narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story.
Fictionality is most commonly cited as distinguishing novels from historiography.
References and Sources
List of Novelists ...

A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary greatly in different cultures and time periods. Throughout each civilization and language, poets have used various styles that have changed ...

Critics
A critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting and evaluating art forms. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures and catalogues and on web sites
Art
John Ashbery
John Berger
Clarence Joseph Bulliet
Arthur Danto
Hal Foster
Michael Fried
Clement Green...

Nobel Prize in Literature
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will one part was dedicated to 'the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction'.
Introduction
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize for L...

“The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him.” — Anaïs Nin
Throughout world history, the majority of public, educational, and religious institutions have censored certain books for political, religious, or cultural reasons.
This project serves as a place to gather together the writers -- cherished, reviled, or anywhere in-between -- who have had their work hidden fr...

British Writers: T - Z
This project is a place to gather together profiles of British born writers of all genres. Those with bold links have profiles on Geni. Links that are not bold are to other sources.
Names are arranged alphabetically and spread across 6 projects to handle the numbers. (The arrowed buttons below are linked to the other pages).

All the biographies in About Me's are taken from
Knechtges, David R. and Chang, Taiping, eds. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature—a reference guide . Leiden: Brill, 2014. Now available online
consisting mostly of literary figures between the Han 漢 to the Sui 隋 dynasties. During this "Early Medieval" period, traditionally known as the Six Dynasties 六朝 (Wei 魏, Jin 晉, Song 宋, Qi ...

Irish Writers
For a comparatively small island, Ireland has made a disproportionately large contribution to world literature The earliest recorded Irish writing dates from the seventh century and was produced by monks writing in both Latin and Early Irish.
The English language was introduced to Ireland in the thirteenth century, following the Norman Conquest of Ireland. The Irish language, ...

A troubadour (Occitan pronunciation: [tɾuβaˈðuɾ], originally [tɾuβaˈðoɾ]) was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.
The troubadour school or tradition began in the 11th century in Occitania, but it subsequently spread into Italy, Spai...

The Inklings
From Wikipedia:
The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group associated with the University of Oxford, England, for nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late 1949.[1] The Inklings were literary enthusiasts who praised the value of narrative in fiction, and encouraged the writing of fantasy. Although Christian values were notably present in several members'...